Al Jazeera America has returned the volley by countersuing Current TV co-founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt over the same escrow funds that triggered a lawsuit recently between the same parties.

The AJA suit, filed late Thursday night, counters the original complaint filed by the former Vice President and his Current TV partner that AJA “concocted absurd allegations” in an effort to “grab the escrow funds in the lockbox.”

Both suits center on $65 million remaining in an escrow account when AJA purchased Current TV for $500 million in January 2013.

The sales agreement called for the account to terminate on July 2, with any remaining funds to be released to the cable channel’s sellers.

In the Gore-Hyatt suit, the plaintiffs accuse AJA of submitting fraudulent claims in an illegal attempt to retain for itself whatever funds remained in escrow.

Friday’s countersuit insists that AJA, as Current TV’s buyer, did not “make phony claims” but had a “contractual right to be indemnified.”

“Al Jazeera America rightfully seeks compensation from an escrow fund that was established solely and specifically to protect Al Jazeera against any harm resulting from these inaccurate representations,” the countersuit claimed.

In the countersuit, Al Jazeera stated it made five claims on the escrow money, relating mostly to disagreements it had with distributors following the sale.